10.0/101 votes#1 - Hector, King of the Britons
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/22/2004
Hector wants to rule Britain so he goes to Great Britain to find Excalibur, but the Lady of the Lake won't give it to him even after he does many things to prove himself worthy. When he finally steals Excalibur he finds out that the King has no power in Britain. In the Amusing ending, the "Lady of the Lake" steals the sword back by banging him over the head two times after Hector asked for "two lumps" {of sugar} in his tea.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Maxwell Atoms
8.4/1040 votes#2 - The Sting
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2003
A mission to collect honey from deadly space bees apparently leads to Fry's sting-induced death. Leela is wracked with remorse, until Fry visits her in her dreams. As Leela's hallucinations intensify, she begins to suspect that she might be going crazy.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Patric M. Verrone
7.7/1042 votes#3 - Amazon Women in the Mood
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2001
A double-date for Kif, Amy, Zapp, and Leela ends in disaster when their orbiting restaurant crashes on planet Amazonia. The hulking female inhabitants of the planet take their male captives to the omniscient Femputer, who orders Fry, Zapp, and Kif to death by "snu-snu".
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Lew Morton
7.6/1059 votes#4 - Love's Labours Lost in Space
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/13/1999
On a mission intended to save endangered animals on a collapsing planet, Leela and the crew run into legendary starship captain Zapp Brannigan. A self-proclaimed ladies man, Zapp sees Leela as a potential new conquest. When the captain refuses to aid the animal rescue, Leela and her crew try to leave Zapp's starship. But Zapp throws Fry and Bender in jail, and summons Leela to his "Lovenasium". They ultimately escape and arrive on the doomed planet, where Leela finally finds love - with a cute, and very useful, creature named Nibbler.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Brian Kelley
7.5/1047 votes#5 - When Aliens Attack
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/7/1999
The Omicronians invade Earth, demanding to see the lost final episode of the 1999 TV show Single Female Lawyer. The Planet Express crew must re-enact the episode to appease the invading aliens.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Ken Keeler
7.4/1037 votes#6 - Love and Rocket
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2002
Bender falls deeply in love with the Planet Express ship autopilot's female voice setting. Meanwhile, Fry searches for the perfect candy heart to properly convey his feelings for Leela.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Dan Vebber
7.4/1038 votes#7 - Future Stock
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/17/2002
With Planet Express in financial trouble, Fry nominates a flashy businessman from the 1980s to replace Professor Farnsworth as CEO of the company. That Guy goes on to sell Planet Express to Mom's Friendly Robot Corporation, putting everyone out of a job.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
7.4/1037 votes#8 - Bender Should Not Be Allowed On TV
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 8/3/2003
"All My Circuits" holds an audition to replace the part of Calculon's son, and Bender lands the part. Soon, Bender's uninhibited behavior proves to be a bad influence on children, and an outraged Bender leads a protest group to get himself banned from the airwaves.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Lew Morton
7.3/1037 votes#9 - Mother's Day
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/14/2000
Mom reprograms the world's robots to rebel against humanity. The only hope of salvation is Mom's old flame - Professor Farnsworth, who must rekindle his romance with Mom in order to save mankind.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Lew Morton
7.3/1024 votes#10 - The Limits of Immortality
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/17/2018
Elfo's been kidnapped! Bean, Luci, Sorcerio and the knights search for him, along with a magical pendant needed to complete the immortality potion.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Patric M. Verrone
7.2/1039 votes#11 - Lesser of Two Evils
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 2/20/2000
Fry suspects Bender's new buddy, a bending unit named Flexo who looks almost exactly like Bender, of being pure evil. When a valuable atom of Jumbonium goes missing, Fry suspects Flexo, but can't tell which robot is which.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Eric Horsted
7.1/1044 votes#12 - Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 2/6/2000
When Dr. Zoidberg runs amok during the Decapodian mating season, Fry sets out to teach him how to woo a mate. Things backfire when Zoidberg's desired mate falls for Fry instead, and Zoidberg challenges Fry to a battle to the death.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Eric Kaplan
7.1/1037 votes#13 - The Route of All Evil
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 12/8/2002
Farnsworth's clone Cubert teams up with Hermes' son Dwight to launch a newspaper delivery business. Farnsworth and Hermes scoff at the kids' efforts - until the delivery boys accumulate enough capital to buy out Planet Express. Meanwhile, Fry and Leela use Bender to brew their own homemade beer.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Dan Vebber
7.1/1015 votes#14 - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/2021
Bean, Elfo and Luci become trapped in an underground world full of eerie little creatures — and Queen Dagmar. Zøg tries to thwart a plot against him.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Patric M. Verrone
7.0/108 votes#15 - Goon Baby Goon
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2022
Bean and her friends are reunited with Zøg and discover that Becky and Cloyd have seized Dreamland, secretly transforming its citizens into goons.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Patric M. Verrone
7.0/101 votes#16 - The Bad News Ghouls
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 4/8/2005
After Billy's baseball team loses badly against Mindy's, Grim decides to coach them. Mandy is not allowed on the team, as Billy is reluctant to let girls play, although he does not realize Mindy is a girl too. Mandy puts on a baseball cap and, assuming the role of "Manfred", pitches for Billy's team anyway. With additional help from ghoulish players which played in the Underworld Little Leagues alongside Grim, Billy's team wins when Pud'n hits a home run.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Vincent Waller
7.0/101 votes#17 - Happy Huggy Stuffy Bears
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 4/15/2005
After a trip to the mall, Mandy becomes the spokesperson for Happy Huggy Stuffy Bears, a new stuffed toy in town. After the success of her commercial, Mandy gives away stuffed bears to other children, who start wreaking havoc in the city. Eris, the goddess of chaos, is behind the toys, which mind-control the children into creating chaos. Mandy decides not to share control of the world with Eris, and orders Grim to destroy the toys.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Spencer Laudiero
7.0/101 votes#18 - Wishbones
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 6/10/2005
After Grim's robe comes out of the washing machine, Billy and Mandy find Thromnambular, a talking skull with ruby eyes and a number nine imprinted on his forehead. Grim tells them that the skull is a magical artifact imprisoned on Earth that must grant his nine wishes to be free. When Mandy asks Grim why he has not used any of the wishes, Grim tells her that the skull will corrupt the wishes and end up affecting the wisher.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Maxwell Atoms
5.0/101 votes#19 - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Alamo
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 4/18/2004
Ignorance of the Alamo in Bobby's Texas History class prompts Hank to help organize a reenactment, but the author's version is revisionist.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Christy Stratton
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"Hector, King of the Britons" is the best rated episode directed by Brian Sheesley. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Maxwell Atoms. It aired on 10/22/2004 and is rated 1.6 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Sting".